SmallHD PageOS 6 is ready to download and upgrade existing compatible monitors. PageOS 6 brings new features and a more streamlined interface, giving you powerful tools, a more streamlined workflow, and creative control over your SmallHD Monitors.
As a SmallHD owner, I have always appreciated the OS on their products. They have always focused on the user experience and operability.
Unfortunately, not all SmallHD monitors are compatible with PageOS 6, but the more current models are.
Check out this article on the features that PageOS 6 offers.
Go to SmallHD to download PageOS 6 for compatible monitors.
PageOS 6 will not support the following monitors
- 2403 HDR & 2403 HB
- 1703 HDR & 1703 Studio
- 1303 Studio
- 700 Series – 701, 701L, 702 Bright, 702 OLED
- 500 Series – 501, 502, 502 Bright
- This firmware is NOT compatible with the DSMC3 RED®Touch, or Action 5
- RED®
Features Added
- Allow 4K Production Monitor tally/record indicator to be controlled via GPI connection
- Added support for multiplexed SDI inputsSupport 2x6G and 4x3G 2SI encoded inputs
- Monitors are now compatible with several USB<->Wifi adapters
- Added support for Level B SDI Video for 4K Production Monitors
- Waveform tool added to the Quantum 32
- Sony BURANO + Sony FX6 Camera Control Support
- Added Dual View to Ultra7
- Added support for Calman integration to Quantum 32
- Added support for a new Vision algorithm (Vision 17, 24)Improves highlight rendering
- Improves HDR accuracy and optimizes backlight
Improvements and Alterations
- Slight improvements to Vectorscope FPS and Image Capture speed
- Updated some UI animationsPage transition speed is now faster
- Monitor Settings > Interface > Pages
- Added support for a custom bouncing “No Video” iconMonitor Settings > User > Personalize
- Luminance Color Pipe Rework“Backlight” and “Brightness” has been replaced with the word “Luminance”
- Luminance may now be configured within a Color Pipe
- Color Pipe UI UpdateThe Color Pipe UI has been updated to make the system easier to use
- The Crosshatch Tool now allows creating a denser grid
- Improved the granularity of the Zebra thresholdsThresholds may now be set based based on either code values or IRE
- Allow capturing two images at once, one with and one without any compatible tools
- Custom Exposure Assist ImprovementsUsers may now change the background of a custom exposure mapOptions include: Grayscale, Transparent (Clean), or Spectrum
- Allow users to load custom exposure maps as an image file (1024 wide .png) from removable media
- Color Pipes now support the following additional white points: D93, D56, D60
- When function button tools are deactivated, they are removed from the toolbar
- Manual Adjustments may now be tuned per-Color-PipeBy default, everything will work as it did in previous versions
- Calibration settings menu now has an option to enable “manual adjustment sets”
- When exposed, there will be 8 sets of manual adjustments that may be configured on the monitor. Factory and User calibrations must each be assigned to one of those 8 sets
- Color Pipes may also be assigned to a manual adjustment set. By default, each Color Pipe will use the manual adjustment set of the current calibration. However, they can be configured to instead override that value with a different set of manual adjustments
- Function Button Tooltips now indicate function state (on vs off)
- Exposure Assist legend may now be placed vertically
- Opening the Studio Brightness menu no longer automatically displays a white patch
- Adjusted the EL Zone scale, replacing the colors of white and black with light red and dark purple
- Allow users to alter the record tally UI element’s appearance in the Metadata tool
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed bug causing User Conversion LUTs in Color Pipes to be applied incorrectly
- Resolved audio data from a BlackMagic PIX-E5 not being detected by SmallHD monitors
- Resolved interactions between the Input Tool and Image Capture on Record Start
- Camera Control – Scrubbing in playback mode on ARRI cameras no longer changes Pages
- Fixed a case of incorrect Color Pipes being applied to Multi Pages, when more than one multi-view page was present on the monitor.
- Resolved flickering on a Multi Page when receiving some PsF formats
- Fixed issues with 8 channel SDI Audio on 4K production monitors
- Fixed audio issues when more than 8 channels are present
- Super Pixel Scaling was not working, monitors continued to use interpolation
- Resolved video range issues that came about when different Color Pipes were assigned different video ranges
- Resolved discrepancies between Color Picker and Exposure Assist
- Restored the missing “Burn-in Recovery” settings element
- Lock Switches now function after reboot
- Focus Assist lines now persist after a reboot
- Focus Assist now functions correctly when bound to a function button
- Fixed rare instances of legal range video not being displayed correctly in calibration wizard
- On 4K Production Monitors, Image Overlay no longer dims the image when the source media is removed
- Fixed Low Voltage Warning sometimes not appearing
- General UI improvements
- Fixed several video format issues
- Ultra 5 TX Output toggle no longer causes wireless video issues
- Image Overlay no longer obscures aspect and safe guides
- Activating Image Capture no longer causes the color picker tool to deactivate
Known Issues
- Waveform does not work at 1080p60 on 4K production monitors
- Quantum 32 Panel Turns Off when hot-swapping batteriesWorkaround: Avoid removing the active battery, remove only the drained battery
- Quantum 32 panel is too dim on bootWorkaround: Toggle any luminance setting after a reboot
- Connecting to an ARRI Alexa camera via camera control may crash the monitor when using DHCPOnly applies when direct-connecting to a camera, not when using a router
- Workaround: Set the monitor’s static IP address prior to connecting
